Helen of Troy was “the face that launched a
thousand ships,” but in the 21st-century women are more than just
pretty faces. In Nobody’s Princess,
author Esther Friesner, asks, “Who
was Helen?...
Did she know that everyone agreed that she was the most beautiful
woman in the world? Did knowing that make her feel proud, or smug, or
embarrassed, or bored with all the never-ending compliments?” This Helen fights and rides instead of spinning and weaving, and
much more.
In addition to giving life and agency to Helen of Troy, the book also reexamines Pythia, the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Oracle of Delphi.
Another female character brought into the story of Helen is Atalanta and the Calydonian boar hunt. Atalanta is the huntress who draws the first blood, but the patriarchs refuse to recognize her contribution because she is a woman.
A modern revisit to the woman who started the Trojan War, an ancient story with too few female characters.
This is an 8-book series: Princesses of Myth.
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